🚀 JPEG XL is finally getting closer to becoming a cross-browser format—but don't delete your fallbacks yet.

JPEG XL is getting much closer to becoming a practical cross-browser image format.

Safari has supported decoding since 2023. Mozilla is targeting default support in Firefox 157, and Chromium has now filed its own intent to ship.

That changes the browser-support picture significantly.

But developers shouldn't immediately replace JPEG, WebP, or AVIF.

There are still important questions around:

HDR support
Decode performance
Feature parity
CDN and image-processing pipelines
Browser coverage
JPEG XL vs AVIF/WebP compression
Fallback handling

JPEG XL is now worth adding to an image testing pipeline, but stable browser releases and real-world deployment data should determine when it becomes a default choice.

Read the full article:

https://blog.invidelabs.com/firefox-chrome-jpeg-xl-support/